PlanetaryEphemeris.jl

Solar System ephemeris Taylor integrator based on JPL DE430/431 dynamical model
Author PerezHz
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PlanetaryEphemeris.jl

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PlanetaryEphemeris.jl is a Taylor integrator for the JPL DE430 planetary ephemeris dynamical model (Folkner et al., 2014), based on TaylorIntegration.jl.

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Installation

The current version of this package may be installed in Julia pkg manager via:

] add PlanetaryEphemeris

Usage

PlanetaryEphemeris.propagate is a high-level function which performs the numerical integration. The file integrate_ephemeris.jl in the scripts directory contains an example script. This script may be called as:

julia --project integrate_ephemeris.jl --help

PlanetaryEphemeris.propagate also supports multi-threading:

julia -t <number-of-threads> --project integrate_ephemeris.jl --help

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge financial support from UNAM-PAPIIT grants IG-100819 and IG-101122, as well as computing resources provided by LANCAD-UNAM-DGTIC-284.

References

  • Pérez-Hernández, Jorge A., & Benet, Luis. (2020, October 13). PerezHz/TaylorIntegration.jl: v0.8.4 (Version v0.8.4). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4086166
  • Folkner, W. M., Williams, J. G., Boggs, D. H., Park, R. S., & Kuchynka, P. (2014). The planetary and lunar ephemerides DE430 and DE431. Interplanetary Network Progress Report, 196(1).